Orientation Overview

Goals and Learning Outcomes

The purpose of orientation is to introduce incoming students to the leadership skills and Benedictine values that construct the basis of the CSB/SJU community through the implementation of the following learning outcomes:

Students will be introduced to the Benedictine Values that are the foundation of CSB/SJU.

Students will gain awareness of the unique gendered residential life model and its significant role in their college experience.

Students will gain awareness of the CSB/SJU coordinate relationship.

Students will have opportunities to build relationships with their peers.

Students will gain awareness of campus life/academic services available.

Students will gain awareness of the academic structure of the Common Core Curriculum and faculty expectations.

Students will gain awareness of the significance of leadership development at CSB/SJU.

Students will gain awareness of the significance of life long appreciation for the fine arts as part of a liberal arts education.

Students will be introduced to opportunities to enhance intercultural competency.

The CSB/SJU Orientation program will promote awareness and appreciation of one's personal identity along with staying true to his/her roots.

Along with the guidance of other student leaders and staff, the first year students explore the unique tradition and heritage of the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University so that they may use this history to expand their perspectives over the next four years.

New Bennies and Johnnies enjoy a "fine arts experience" as part of their orientation.

During orientation, the incoming first-year students spend time on both the CSB and SJU campuses.